paruparo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• paroparo, paro paro, paro-paro, paru-paro — proscribed

Etymology

From reduplication of *paro. Compare paparo and aliparo. Likely not etymologically related to Malay paru-paru (“lung”) because the expected word would be *palupalo if borrowed. See also Yaeyama ぱぴる (papiru), and Yoron ぱぴる (papiru).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paɾupaˈɾo/ [pɐ.ɾʊ.pɐˈɾo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: pa‧ru‧pa‧ro

Noun

paruparó (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜓᜉᜇᜓ)

1. butterfly

   Synonyms: (Marinduque) bilabila, (Marinduque) kulilipaw, aliparo, paparo

Derived terms

• paruparo sa sikmura
• paruparong-dagat
• paruparong-gabi

See also

• alibangbang
• gamugamo
• paparo

Further reading

• “paruparo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “paruparo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 407: “Maripoſa) Paroparo (pc) que ua ala candela a quemarſe”